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Wikipedian as of February 18, 2006, with 290 contributions as of July 06 2006.

Goals

My goals as an editor of wikipedia are

To increase the amount of available knowledge

  • Knowledge is an important thing to people, and adding to it is a great task to accomplish.
  • Also it may help a person who needs certain information.
  • Wikipedia is a free source of knowledge and deserves to be as good a possible; I hope to make it better.

To contribute to the comunity

  • Wikipedia is a community effort, that needs everyones collaboration to succeed.
  • Also, it is more than just text; it is the effort of people from every part of the world.
  • Many people believe that Wikipedia is "no good", and I'll try to change their minds by writing higher quality articles.

and to learn in the process

  • As I progress and grow I will aquire more knowledge naturally.
  • And Perhapse, I will learn more about myself along the way.

Featured Article

Wilfred Arthur

Wilfred Arthur (7 December 1919 – 23 December 2000) was a fighter ace and senior officer of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during World War II. Commonly known as "Woof", he was credited with ten aerial victories and led combat formations at squadron and wing level, becoming the youngest group captain in RAAF history. Arthur first saw action in the Middle East and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for shooting down four aircraft in a single sortie. He was then posted to New Guinea, where he received the Distinguished Service Order for continuing to lead an attack after discovering his guns were inoperable. As wing leader of No. 71 Wing, he was severely burned in a runway collision. Upon recovery, he was posted to the Dutch East Indies and played a leading part in the Morotai Mutiny when eight RAAF officers attempted to resign. Following his discharge, he pursued business interests in Australia and Vietnam before settling in Darwin, Northern Territory. (Full article...)

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  • "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds" — Albert Einstein
  • "Those who do not remember their past are condemned to repeat their mistakes" — George Santayana
  • "There is only one good, which is knowledge, and one evil, which is ignorance" — Plato
  • "I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance" — Socrates
  • "He who has overcome his fears will truly be free" — Aristotle
  • "Give me a place to stand, and I shall move the world" — Archimedes
  • "Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent, but the tests that have to be applied to them are not, of course, the same in all cases" — George Orwell
  • "Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things" — Isaac Newton
  • "An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind" — Gandhi

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